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Uncle Sam's Family : Issues in and Perspectives On American Demographic History SUNY Series On Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Social History
author
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Wells, Robert V.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0873959639
print isbn13
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9780873959636
ebook isbn13
:
9780585063942
language
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English
subject
United States--Population--History.
publication date
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1985
lcc
:
HB3505.W42 1985eb
ddc
:
304.6/0973
subject
:
United States--Population--History.
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Uncle Sam's Family
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SUNY Series in Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Social History Harvey J. Graff, Editor
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Uncle Sam's Family
Issues in and Perspectives on American Demographic History
Robert V. Wells
State University of New York Press ALBANY
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
l985 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Date
ISBN 0-87395-962-0 ISBN 0-87395-963-9 (pbk.)
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Wells, Robert V., 1943 Uncle Sam's family.
(SUNY series in interdisciplinary perspectives in social history) Bibliography: p. 168 1. United StatesPopulationHistory. I. Title. II. Series. HB3505.W42 1985304.6'097384-8733 ISBN 0-87395-962-0 ISBN 0-87395-963-9 (pbk.)
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xi
1. Introduction: Understanding Our World
1
2. Revolutions in Childbearing in Nineteenth-Century America
28
3. Matters of Life and Death
57
4. Migration in American History
94
5. Demographic Change and Family Life in American History: Some Reflections
145
References and Readings
168
Index
179
Page vii
Illustrations
Figure 1. Family Reconstructed from Vital Statistics
22
Figure 2. Crude Birth Rates for Black and White Populations
49
Figure 3. U.S. Mortality Rates and Health Care Costs, 1900-1973
77
Figure 4. Typhoid Fever in Philadelphia, 1890-1920
79
Figure 5. Texas Migrations and Colonizations, 1830s-1860
110
Figure 6. Diffusion of New York Families Migrating to Oregon
111
Figure 7. Origins and Destinations of Oregon Immigrants Passing through Missouri
112
Figure 8. American Population of Oregon, 1850
114
Figure 9. Land Claims and Cultural Preferences, Missouri
127
Figure 10. Dynamic Approaches to Studying Families
153
Page ix
Tables
I. Schedules Adopted for Each Census of the United States from 1790 to 1820
12
II. Schedule of the U.S. Census of 1850
14
Ill. Plymouth Church Records
17
IV. Fertility Rates
29
V. Crude Birth Rates and Total Fertility of the Black Population
49
VI. Life Expectancy at Birth
76
VII. United States Population, 1790-1980
95
VIII. City Directories, Schenectady, N.Y., 1865 and 1866
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